2021 Kansas City, Kansas, mayoral election

The 2021 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021 for the office of Mayor/CEO of the United Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. The election was officially nonpartisan, with a primary being held on August 3, 2021. Incumbent David Alvey and Tyrone Garner took the top two spots in the primary election and were on ballot in the general election.[2] Garner defeated Alvey, becoming the first African-American mayor of Kansas City.

2021 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election
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Turnout19.03%[a][1]
 
Candidate Tyrone Garner David Alvey
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 8,531 8,133
Percentage 50.8% 48.4%

Mayor before election

David Alvey

Elected mayor

Tyrone Garner

Primary election

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Candidates

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The following people filed for candidacy and were on the ballot for the primary election. [3][4]

Results

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Tyrone Garner and David Alvey received enough votes to move on to the general election in November.[4][2]

Kansas City, Kansas mayoral primary election, 2021 results
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Tyrone Garner 3,575 28.18%
Nonpartisan David Alvey (incumbent) 3,527 27.8%
Nonpartisan Chris Steineger 2,733 21.55%
Nonpartisan Janice (Grant) Witt 1,849 14.58%
Nonpartisan Darren Duffy 1,001 7.89%
Total votes 12,685 100%
Turnout 12,758 14.36%[a]
Registered electors 88,825

General election

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The general election took place on November 2, 2021.

Kansas City, Kansas mayoral general election, 2021 results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Tyrone Garner 8,531 50.76
Nonpartisan David Alvey (incumbent) 8,133 48.39
Write-in 144 0.86
Total votes 16,808 100%[b]
Turnout 16,992 19.03%[a]
Registered electors 89,294

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Counted by dividing the total number of ballots cast with the total number of registered voters.
  2. ^ The percentage of votes above don't add up to 100% due to rounding.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Summary Results Report | Official Results | Wyandotte County, KS | General Election - November 2, 2021" (PDF). Wyandotte County Election Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Wyandotte County Primary Election, 2021" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 15, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Meet the candidates: 2021 Kansas City, Kansas, mayoral race".
  4. ^ a b "Kansas City, Kansas, Mayor David Alvey seeks reelection against Tyrone Garner".